Cr-spinel records metasomatism not petrogenesis of mantle rocks

Chromian-spinel from mafic-ultramafic rocks is used as a reliable geotectonic and mantle melting indicator. Here, the authors argue that this only works partially – it can be used to assess information on mantle metasomatic processes but not petrogenesis.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hamed Gamal El Dien, Shoji Arai, Luc-Serge Doucet, Zheng-Xiang Li, Youngwoo Kil, Denis Fougerouse, Steven M. Reddy, David W. Saxey, Mohamed Hamdy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13117-1